Sikakun made the right decision.
No matter how agile He Meng was, she couldn't leave Bai Jin's side.
Using the speed Yang Yu gave her, He Meng could defend instantly within a range even when facing multiple enemies at the same time.
But beyond this range, He Meng is not sure that he can defend against all attacks 100%, and Bai Jin will be in danger then.
As long as one person is left behind and the others continue to attack, He Meng, who is afraid that the enemy will suddenly attack, dares not leave his own defensive range.
No.
Even if Xikakun didn't leave anyone behind, He Meng didn't dare to act rashly.
The soldiers of the Rose Empire have already advanced to the middle section of the new recruits' corps, and Bai Jin and the others are already surrounded by Rose soldiers.
The skill that Bai Jin is using now is a blazing fire magic, which is impossible to spread to the middle section of the recruit team.
This would not only burn the scroll containing storage magic, but would also split the team of recruits into several pieces, which would be defeated one by one by Rose's soldiers.
Yang Yu harassed Rose's elite troops who were charging, and even used himself as bait.
But the soldiers of the Rose Empire only obeyed Xikakun's orders and tore a gap in the ranks of new recruits. Like thousands of iron hooves, they either plundered or directly destroyed, and attacked the logistics troops with their gates wide open.
The magicians of the logistics unit struggled, trying to protect the carriages containing the supplies even if it meant exhausting all their magic power, but they still could not prevent the loss of the supplies.
One magician suddenly had an idea, and he caused an explosion directly under the carriage transporting the scrolls, causing the scrolls to fly and fall into the hands of new recruits who had not yet joined the battle, and then fell down peacefully.
Bai Jin's magic was finally completed. She swung her staff, and a red magic circle expanded in front of her, instantly surrounding the Rose soldiers who had not yet broken through the defense line.
The scorching flames formed a wall of fire. The Rose soldiers who tried to pass through the flames suddenly had flames on their bodies. The temperature inside their armor suddenly rose by more than ten degrees, and their skin seemed to be roasted on an iron plate.
Only then did these war machine-like troops begin to howl in pain like human beings.
The Rose soldiers who failed to break through the flames were quickly controlled by Gra and other veterans who arrived.
The elite troops that tore through the middle of the recruit team left with a number of ordinary Rose soldiers.
The magicians behind Rose were still casting magic on the battle line to cover the evacuation of the elite troops and continue to force the magicians among the Wansheng recruits to build defenses so that they would have no intention of counterattacking.
After Xikakun led his troops to disappear completely in the forest on the other side, the group of magicians directed their magic at the wall of fire built by Bai Jin, breaking several holes in it.
The surviving Rose soldiers took this opportunity to organize into small groups and jointly implement a breakthrough.
In a short while, most of the controlled Rose soldiers escaped from the magic fire wall constructed by Bai Jin.
Gra looked solemn and without hesitation, ordered the killing of all Rose soldiers who wanted to escape.
In the end, this ambush ended with both sides suffering losses.
But the new recruits of Wansheng Kingdom suffered a more complete defeat. They lost nearly 800 people, injured countless others, killed only more than 400 enemies, and more than half of their supplies were looted or destroyed.
Smelling the blood around them, many recruits were at a loss. They turned their heads and kept looking around with lingering fear, fearing that the soldiers of the Rose Empire would strike back and slaughter them all.
As time passed, after Gra had his men confirm that there were no traces of Rose's soldiers around, these soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief. Their trembling feet could no longer support the fear in their hearts, and they collapsed to the ground.
Many soldiers began to retreat after encountering such a setback before actually going to the battlefield.
"It would be better if I hadn't volunteered to join the army.", "The gap in strength is too big, how could we possibly be their opponent.", "My brother, it would be better if I hadn't asked you to join the army in the first place.".
After settling down, negative emotions like these gradually spread among the new recruits.
Iyas used the holy light she had learned to treat the wounded as much as possible. The injuries of the living could be healed by holy light or potions, while the dead would be gone forever.
Lotkar was covered in blood and wounds. Although he had lifted the curse and possessed considerable strength, and had fought with many veterans and recruits, the one hundred elite soldiers of the Rose Empire still made them suffer a lot. He half-crawled on the ground licking his wounds.
Bai Jin bit her lower lip lightly. If she could release [Red Lotus Hell] earlier, perhaps the losses could be reduced.
Yang Yu, who was not far away, wiped the blood off his sword and shield, approached Bai Jin, patted her shoulder gently, bent down and put the tired He Meng back into Bai Jin's hood.
"You have done well enough. If you are not willing to give up, then improve your strength to prevent this from happening again."
After saying that, Yang Yu used [Aid Charge] to come to Lotkar's side and generously distributed the potions to Lotkar and other wounded soldiers.
Seeing this scene, Gra couldn't describe his feelings at the moment, and sighed for a long time, "He is worthy of being directly appointed as the centurion."
Afterwards, Gra quickly composed himself. He was the general in charge of leading the new recruits this time. He would never allow pessimism to continue to spread among the army, leading to low morale and delaying the progress.
Although it was inappropriate, Gra still had to muster up the courage to stand in front of the stage and teach the depressed soldiers a good lesson. It didn't matter whether it was chicken soup for the soul or not. He just wanted to bring those soldiers who had become confused because of the attack back on track.
Just as Gra was about to take a step to execute it, he saw Yang Yu gesturing at him, as if asking for his consent.
Although he didn't know what Yang Yu wanted to do, he nodded when he saw his serious expression.
After all, without him, the losses might be much more serious than they are now.
Afterwards, Yang Yu took out a large wooden box, stood on it, then took out a prop that looked like a large trumpet and fiddled with it.
Turning the loudspeaker to the maximum, Yang Yu took a deep breath and shouted loudly:
"You! Are! A! Bunch! of! Big! Gluttons!"
The deafening sound echoed in the forest. The soldiers closest to it felt a ringing in their ears, and even Lotkar raised his hands and pulled down his ears.
Because of this voice, the soldier who was sighing just now was suddenly attracted to Yang Yu.
Looking at Yang Yu, even though they knew that if Yang Yu hadn't been so active just now, they would probably be in danger, they still felt inexplicably angry.
"We have risked our lives so much, why do you call us good-for-nothings?"
(End of this chapter)